Neal Thurman Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Mr. Thurman was integral to the set-up and launch of RotoWorld's English Premier League content section in early 2013 and continues to contribute to the site by managing a team of feature writers and news reporters as well as authoring features and news stories.

Fairfax, Va

Mr. Thurman is a member of the founding team of Black Turtle Services - a services firm specializing in contact center outsourcing and multi-channel customer experience optimization. In addition to serving BTS clients, his role includes leadership of corporate strategy and marketing as well as significant roles in corporate technology, recruiting, contract operations, and business development. Clients served include the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the US Department of Agriculture.

Never Manage Alone (previously http://fantasyepl.blogspot.com) is a leader in covering fantasy soccer (or football or even futbol) on the web. A member of the SBNation family of blogs, NMA focuses primarily on English Premier League fantasy games but also covers Major League Soccer, Euro Cup, and World Cup fantasy games. NMA supports fantasy managers around the world with editorial content and analysis, news, regular live chats and extremely competitive private competitions.

Fairfax, Va

Mr. Thurman was a founding member of the CVP team. Over the course of 10+ years that included INC 500 and other fast growth awards, he held a number of roles in addition to serving as a Principal Consultant. As a consulting service delivery executive, he led both the Strategy and Organizational and Performance Management Practice Areas at different times. As an operational executive, he led Corporate Development, Resource Management (recruiting, hiring, and deployment of the consulting staff), Methodology Development, and Marketing at various points in the company's development. Clients served included: McGraw-Hill Construction, JD Power and Associates, McGraw-Hill Broadcast, Cricket Communications, AOL, WellPoint/National Government Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the US Department of State, and the US Department of Agriculture.

Fairfax, Va

Mr. Thurman led a spin-off of Customer Value Partners that focuses on providing digital media services to Fortune 500 and non-profit clients. This role also included the acquisition and management of a full-service Digital Agency in Pune, India. Clients included McGraw-Hill Broadcast, the Warrior Gateway, Yahoo!, Bacardi, and Epson.

Mr. Thurman wrote a weekly column featuring analysis and player recommendations for players of the English Premier League's Fantasy Premier League game. The column appeared in TheJournal.com's TheScore digital property (http://TheScore.TheJournal.ie).

Mr. Thurman wrote a weekly column featuring analysis and player recommendations for players of the English Premier League's Fantasy Premier League game. These columns were featured on the EPLTalk website http://www.epltalk.com.

Mr. Thurman and blogging partner Jeremy Spitzberg were hired to write the first-ever Yahoo! UK-hosted blog focused on their popular fantasy Premier League game. Weekly features and ad hoc posts provided analysis, news and editorial opinion on the English Premier League in general and Yahoo UK's Premier League Fantasy Game specifically. We also hosted successful live chat sessions while matches were in progress to create community and help fantasy managers made line-up decisions based on in-game events.

Mr. Thurman wrote editorial features focused on the United States Men's National Soccer Team (USMNT) and Americans playing soccer professionally abroad. He also acted as Director of Marketing for Yanks Abroad working with ESPN and professional clubs in the English Premier League on distribution and merchandising deals.

Mr. Thurman wrote a weekly column analyzing the players, teams and matches in the English Premier League.

Mr. Thurman consulted to start-ups, non-profits, and Fortune 500 companies on the development of new products, new business units, and other creative ways to integrate technology into their business operations. His clients included UPS, Sony, Hard Rock Cafes, NAPA, RW Baird, and Fannie Mae.

Greater Atlanta Area

Mr. Thurman managed multiple strategic accounts for Radiant Systems'. This role included successfully rolling out a new version of price book and point of sale software to Radiant's largest customer, an 1100+ location convenience store chain. Clients included Speedway/SuperAmerica, Wawa, and Sheetz convenience store chains.

Greater Atlanta Area

Mr. Thurman worked as an MBA intern in the Product Management and Human Factors groups within NCR's Retail Systems division. Mr. Thurman's project within the Product Management area focused on developing business impact and Return-on-Investment (ROI) models for a proposed touchscreen kiosk product for NCR's retail customers. His Human Factors project consisted of developing, fielding and analyzing a conjoint model to analyze the relative importance of critical purchase factors for NCR's customers across their European markets.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Mr. Thurman worked as a Research Assistant within the Personnel Assessment Group at AIR. His duties included SAS programming and data analysis in support of psychometric research efforts. He also managed the evolution and execution of the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Clients included the United State Army, State of Illinois Department of Education, and US Department of Labor.

Mba, Marketing, Strategic Management

Ba, Political Economy, Psychology

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